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Director:
John Stephenson

Producer:
Nick Hirschkorn

Writer:
David Solomons

Starring:
Kenneth Branagh
Zoe Wanamaker
Eddie Izzard (As The Voice Of ‘It’)
Freddie Highmore
Tara Fitzgerald
Alex Jennings
John Sessions
Norman Wisdom

Awards:
Wins
Crystal Heart Award-Heartlands Film Festival
Best New British Composer-Bafta Television Craft Awards
Giffoni Award-Giffoni Film Festival
Festivals Toronto International FIlm Festival-Gala Screening
Dubai Film Festival-Gala Screening
Tribeca Film Festival
Boston Fantastic Film Festival

Adaptation of E Nesbit’s children’s novel, updating the Victorian fantasy adventure by almost two decades.

Five children are evacuated to their uncle’s dilapidated seaside mansion during World War One and discover an 8000-year-old sand fairy on the beach. When the creature grants them a wish lasting until sunset each day, plenty of magical mayhem ensues.

A combination of live action and animatronics, Five Children & It was developed by Nick Hirschkorn, John Stephenson and Lisa Henson, with long-standing collaborator The Jim Henson Organisation. Directed by John Stephenson, it was made in partnership with Capitol Films, the UK Film Council, Davis Films, and the Isle of Man Film Commission, and was released in the UK by Pathe.

The film had its world premiere at the 2004 Toronto Film Festival, where it was selected as one of the gala presentations.